Button



Feb. 22', 1927.

J. A. M EYER BUTTON Filed May 5, 1926 vweu toz J A. Meyer 7 attoznug S Patented Feb. 22, 1927;

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JULIUS 'A.MEYER,"OFNEWAB.K, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE 'IENTH TO'GHAREES A G. GRIFFITH, .OF NEVfAR-KfNEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

Applicationzifiledllllay; 3, ,11926. 5Seria1.-No. 106,494.

:This; invention: relates. to improvements in buttons andtheprinciples .otthe invention are susceptible ofeinbodimentiin buttons for --;coats and other-body garments and also to :buttons:for-collars, shoes,-,etc. ;It.is a'ivell .knownfitact that inithe use of ordinary buttons such as is applied to .a coat or .other body garment, the itrequent passage of the brutton throiighitlic buttonhole causes considerable .wear ion the ibattonhole and likewise thereis considerablestrain imposed 1 upon: the thread which unites the button .to :the garment as :any twisting of the button in a inanner tending to rotate 1 the same causes the :wallsof the perforations a through which the'threadsare ;p assed,eto wear ,the :threads, and likewise,: the difiiciilty which .is sometimes experienced .in engaging such a button through itstcbuttonhole will resultin azpulling-strain upon theithreads asawell as a twisting-strain. Therefore, in one embodiinent, the invention has-asits objectto providea garmentbutton which will. overcome thesedifliculties, land imore specifically, the invention contemplates the provision-of such 1 a *button comprising a shank member which is sewed to the garment anda bodymember which is 'f-reely rotatable about the shank member, so that the threads which attach the button to l the garment will i not be subected to the strains; referred torabove.

lt is also WllliIlOWiI that ditiiculty is ire- -quently experienced in buttoning a collar over the ordinary one-piece collar button sand, thereto-re, another embodiment of the iinvention contemplates providing :a collar button the hea'd of which will be treely rotatable --so as to adapt it to be inore readily inserted through the buttonhole of the collar. a L i 'The invention likewise contemplatesthe provisionof a shoe button, the head ofivhich willbe rot-atable-so=tliat the button will more readily enter the-buttonliole and therewill r be less likelihood of breakingof the head when the' button hook is applied thereto and the buttonis drawn through the buttonhole, and'likewise no likelihood o'r" imparting to the shank of the button the straiii' usually imposed-thereon, where, inthe manipulation of the button hook there isa tendency (tor tl-i'e hcad to rotate. 1 V r V In the accompanying drawings:

lFigure l -is aview-in'front elevation of a garment. =riorly of a I diameter to fit within the open- ;gar-inent button constructed in accordance with: the invention.

looking in the direction indicated by 'the arrows. 1

Figure tis a: sectional perspectivexview illustrating :a collar button constriictedlimaccordance with the invention.

7 Figure 5 is a SllllllEiT'VlBW .illustiiatingia shoe button so constructed.

Inthe embodiment of theinvention shown in 'Figures ,1, 2 and 3 of"; the ,dnawin gs,.the button is of the :type adaptedtfor nseiipon coats and other garmentsandthesaine C0111- prises a circular head indicated in general by": the 1111111613211 1', and. a shank indicated 1 in general by; the; numeral: 2. TheLhead .l:may be o'f anyniaterial found suitable for the purpose and of any desired contour and. or-

namented in .any manner desired, and this -headais,,ias usual, slightly .conveXaatLitsr-ear -:-side, as indicated by the numeral 33, and somewhat concave atits front, the headbeing formed centrally with an opening ,4 in- :steadof withrthe usual perforations forzthe .passage of the threads :which ordinarily .unite the but-ton to-the garinent'to Which it is applied. The opening 4 is of geneiial circular contour and its wall is slightly roundedasat 5, at'the rear "face'3ao'f the Zbutton and likewise, the opening is slightly iflared, as at'6, at its-end which is'presented at the face ofthe button.

The shank 2 of the button is preferably OfIjJGttLl and the samecomp'rises a=centra1 body portion indicated by the numeral 7,

which is formed with a plurality oif perforations 8 through which the securin-g'threads maybe drawn inattaching the shank to'the The bodyof the shank is exteing and in assemblingtheshank'and'the head of the button, the shank is disposed within the opening 4 and the lllll of the shank, which rim is indicated by the nu- 1niera-l 9 and is formed by recessing th-eforward end of the body ofthe shank, asindic-atedby the nu'ineral'10, is overturned in' an outwarddirectionso as to engage the flared 611636 of the wall of the opening 4. Theibody of the shank is provided 'at its rear side witha circumferential fiangel l', :the outer whole where the lrutton is not rotatable.

or rear surface of which is preferably rounded and smooth, as indicated by the numeral 19, the said flange having its t'orward side somewhat concave so as to engage against the convex rear side 3 oil the head or the button. It will now be evident, and particularly by reference to l igure 3 of the drai'vings, that the head of the button is retained upon the shank through its engagement between the overturned rim 9 of the shank body and the llange 11 and at the same time, the head is free to rotate about the shank. The button is applied by sewing the shankto the garment and it will be evident that inasmuch as the head of the button is freely rotatable, it may be engaged through its buttonliole without the wear which usually imposed upon the buttonit will likewise be evident that it there is any slight distortion of the garment which would ordinarily cause a twisting of the head of the ordinary button, in this instance the head of the button rotatable so that no strain is imposed upon the threads which secure the thank to the garment. It will likewise be evident that the thickness of the liange ll permits 01 thebntton being united to the garn'ient with its rear side fitting directly snugly against the garment whereas in the case of the rdinaty button, the securing threads must be so stitched as to permit 0t slight spacing of the button. 'llhcreliore, in the present invention, the buttonhole does not necessarily contact the threads by which the button is secured to the garment so that the threads are not subjected to the wear which ordinarily results from such frictional contact with the walls of the buttonhole. (lit course, the shank member 2, whileot metal, may be enameled to correspond with the linish ot the head ot the button, or it may be artistically linished as desired, and it may indeed be found desirable to employ some material other than metal in the manufacture ot this part oi the button. fllou' 'erer, .in any event, the head of the button will be rotatable upon the sliauk member so that the advantages heretofore outlined will be obtained.

In Figure at, which illustrates the prin ciples of the invention elnl'iodied ll] a cdllar button, the shank of the button is indicated by the numeral 13 and is provided with an integral. back which is preikirably of circular iliornl as indicated by the numeral let. The shank is reduced in diameter so as to pro vide a shoulder llb,and a cylindrical reduced portion 1?, and the head of the button,

which is indicated by the numeral 17, is

termed centrally or axially with an onenin .i l r:

.18 to accommodate the said reduced portion 16, the end of the reduced portion being headed indicated. by thenumeral 19, so

as to retain the head 17. in placeupon the reduced portion 16 between the headed end ll) and the shoulder 15 and yet permit of tree rotation of the head about the portion of the shank upon which it is mounted. In this embodiment, the shank member and the head may be torn'ied ot any material found suitable for the purpose and it will be evident that a button thus constructed will present advantages over the ordinary collar button in that the collar may be buttoned over the button without likelihood oi mutilating the buttonhole ot the collar and likewise in a more ready manner than in the use of the ordinary button.

In Figure 5 of the drawings, the invention is illustrated as embodied in a shoe button having a shank member 20 one end o'l? which is bent to provide an attaching eye 21 not unlike the eye oi the shank of an oidinary shoe button. However, in accordance with the invention, the head of the button, which indicated by the numeral 2:2, is rotatably fitted upon the main or straight portion of the shank, indicated by the numeral 523, so that it will rotate i'reely thereon between the eye 21 and the outer end. (it the said shank portion 23, which latter is headed as at El, so as to retain the head 22 in place. In the use of such a button, all of the advantages outlined for the ineviously described form are obtained and likewise it will be evident that when a button hook is engaged with the head of the button shown in Figure 5, the head will ro late in consonance with the movement given the button hook so that no strain is imposed on the shank member tending to twist the same loose from the shoe.

l-Iaving thus described. the invention, what I clainris:

A button comprising a head formed with a circular shank receiving opening having conyexod walls arcuate in cross section and incl-e2 ing in diameter toward its forward end, and a shank inen'iber including a body portion circular in cross section and titting into the opening oil. said head, the body being formed with fastener receiving openings, an annular ilano'e projecting radially from the inner end or rid shank in overlappingrelation to the head and having close contacting engagement with the inner :lace thereof about its shank receiving opening, the forward end portion oi said body being rece ed to form a. circiunlercntially extendrim tapered to a 'l'cathcr edge and flared outwardly into close fitting engagement with the walls oi the enlarged forward end portion oi the shaul receiving opening of the head whereby the body. will be freely rotatable upon the shank and held against inoveinent longitiulinally thereon.

In testimony whereof I attix my signature.

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